Dartford, Kent, England Genealogy
Guide to Dartford, Kent ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish register transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
| Dartford Holy Trinity | |
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| Dartford Holy Trinity Kent | |
| Type | Ancient Parish |
| Civil Jurisdictions | |
| County | Kent |
| Hundred | Axton, Dartford and Wilmington |
| Poor Law Union | Dartford |
| Registration District | Dartford |
| Records Begin | |
| Parish registers | 1561 |
| Bishop's Transcripts | 1718 |
| Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions | |
| Rural Deanery | Dartford |
| Diocese | Pre-1845 - Rochester; Post-1844 - Canterbury |
| Province | Canterbury |
| Probate Court | Pre-1845 - Courts of the Bishop (Episcopal Consistory) and Archdeaconry of Rochester; Post-1844 - Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury |
| Archive | |
| Kent Record Office | |
Parish History[edit | edit source]
DARTFORD (Holy Trinity), a market-town and parish, and the head of a union, in the hundred of Axton, Dartford, and Wilmington, lathe of Sutton-at-Hone, W division of Kent, 15 miles SE from London, and 22 NW from Maidstone, on the great road from London to Canterbury and Dover.[1]
Dartford Holy Trinity is an Ancient Parish in the Diocese of Rochester Dartford deanery.
This important parish church, which stands blocking the end of the high street ...is mentioned in Domesday Book (1086)[2]
Other places of worship in Dartford include [3][edit | edit source]
- St Alban St Albans Rd. Original Registers These date from 1903.
- Christ Church Christchurch Rd, West Hill Church built 1909; parish created 1910 from Holy Trinity.
Original Registers. These date from 1910.
- St Anselm Roman Catholic Dartford, , West Hill Mission opened 1866; church built 1900, demolished 1975 for Priory shopping centre; rebuilt 1973-5 on West Hill. Original Registers These date from 1866.
- Strict Baptist Dartford, Zion Chapel, Priory Hill
- Baptist Brent Chapel, East Hill, (c.1880). No information on registers.
- Baptist Dartford Highfield Road Church built 1867-8.
Independent/Congregational [4][edit | edit source]
- Independent Zion Chapel Lowfield St. (1794); later (1819) Countess of Huntingdons Connexion. Original registers from 1797.
- Independent Lowfield St. Chapel built 1819, later converted to offices & demolished for shopping centre. Original registers from 1818.
- Congregational Chapel. (1818). No information on registers.
- Congregational Dartford, West Hill Church built 1882, later United Reform Church. Closed 2000 and converted to flats.
- Methodist Spital Street Built 1844-5. Original Registers These date from c1845.
- Primitive Methodist Dartford, East Hill Built 1874, now Emmanuel Pentecost.
- Wesleyan/Methodist Wesleyan: Waterside Chapel. (1798). Original registers from 1811.
Resources[edit | edit source]
Find Neighboring Parishes[edit | edit source]
Use England Jurisdictions 1851 Map
- Type the name of the parish in the search bar
- Click on the location pin on the map
- Choose Options from the pop up box
- Click "List Contiguous Parishes" to find the neighboring parishes
Civil Registration[edit | edit source]
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day.
The civil registration article tells more about these records.
There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.
Registration Districts[edit | edit source]
- 1837-1974 Dartford Registration District
- 1980-2003 Gravesend Registration District
Church Records[edit | edit source]
The Church of England (Anglican) became the official state religion in 1534, with the reigning monarch as its Supreme Governor.
Non-Conformist refers to all other religious denominations that are not the official state religion.
Church of England[edit | edit source]
Due to the increasing access of online records:
- Individual parish coverage for databases in this table are inconsistent and should be verified
- Dates in the following table are approximate
Hover over the collection's title for more information
| Dartford Online Parish Records | ||||||
| FamilySearch Collections-Kent | ||||||
| Parish Registers-Kent | ||||||
| Bishop's Transcripts - FamilySearch Catalog | ||||||
| FreeREG | ||||||
| Findmypast-Kent ($) | ||||||
| Findmypast Banns-Kent ($) | ||||||
| Ancestry-Church of England BMD-Kent ($) | ||||||
| Ancestry-England & Wales, Birth, Christening, Marriage and Death Indexes ($) | 1500s-1900s |
1500s-1900s |
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| MyHeritage-Archdeaconry of Rochester Birth and Burial Indexes ($) | ||||||
| Databases with Known Incomplete Parish Coverage | ||||||
| Boyd's Marriage Indexes-FMP (Free) | ||||||
| National Burial Index-FMP (Free) | ||||||
Other Websites
These databases have incomplete parish coverage.
- Joiner Marriage Index - Kent ($)
- Online Genealogical Index - Links to online genealogical records
- The Genealogist Parish Registers - Kent ($)
- UK Websites for Parish Records - Links to online genealogical records
Nonconformist Records[edit | edit source]
"Nonconformist" is a term referring to religious denominations other than an established or state church. In England, the state church is the Church of England.
- 1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 at Findmypast - index & images ($); coverage may vary
- England Roman Catholic Parish Marriages at Findmypast — index & images ($); coverage may vary
Census Records[edit | edit source]
Census records from 1841 to 1921 are available online. See England Census for more resources.
Poor Law Unions[edit | edit source]
Probate Records[edit | edit source]
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish.
Go to Kent Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction.
Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.
Maps and Gazetteers[edit | edit source]
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.
Websites[edit | edit source]
- Christ Church British Listed Buildings
- Christ Church Dartford Kent Churches
- Church of Holy Trinity British Listed Buildings
- Dartford North West Kent Family History Society
- Dartford Holy Trinity A Church Near You
- Holy Trinity Church, Dartford Kent Archeological Society]
- Holy Trinity Dartford Kent Churches
- Holy Trinity, Dartford, Church of England GENUKI]
- Parishes: Dartford British History Online
- Methodist Church British Listed Buildings
- Zion Strict Baptist Chapel British Listed Buildings
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Lewis, Samuel A.,A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 8-15. Date accessed: 22 July 2013.
- ↑ Kent Architectural Society Holy Trinity Church, Dartford Date accessed: 28 October 2021.
- ↑ North West Kent Family History Society Church and Chapels (pre 1910) Date accessed: 28 October 2021.
- ↑ North West Kent Family History Society Church and Chapels (pre 1910) Date accessed: 28 October 2021.